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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

917 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 11

Meaning: mail, stagecoach stop

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: ユウ

Composition: 垂 邑

郵

Radical

Radical: 邑

Reading: おおざと

Meaning: town (阝 right)

Strokes: 3

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Examples

Examples with audio

郵便(ゆうびん)   mail, postal service

郵便物(ゆうびんぶつ)   postal items

郵便局(ゆうびんきょく)   post office

郵送料(ゆうそうりょう)   postage, freight costs

郵便屋さん(ゆうびんやさん)   postman

郵送する(ゆうそうする)   mail, post, send

Onyomi Examples

郵政省 (ユウセイショウ) (former) Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (now Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)

郵政 (ユウセイ) postal system

電郵 (デンユウ) (an item of) electronic mail (e-mail), e-mail message, electronic mail (e-mail) service, electronic mail (e-mail) system

携帯電郵 (ケイタイデンユウ) email from a cell phone or mobile phone

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